Yep God sure does speak through emails

I opened another email this morning and the word was perfect for today. I am having a meeting to work out some internal issues with a group. I won't go into details but I am praying that all will be resolved and relationships restored, and through this we can see God's hand at work. Anyway here is the email, I think it is just a good reminder not to do things in our own strength but give it all to God and let him work. He knows what the answers are and what is needed.

Are You Horizontal or Vertical?

TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2,

by Os Hillman06-16-2008

"Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight" (Isaiah 5:21).
Many of us have been trained to make decisions and respond to problems in a horizontal way instead of vertical. Operating from a horizontal basis means we try to fix the problem through our own self-efforts by bringing greater pressure upon it through our reasoning or our natural skills. Operating from a vertical position means we are seeking God for the answer and waiting for him to impact the problem. Perhaps it is a spouse who fails to put their clothes away, or a boss who is overly critical, or an employee that you clash with. When we operate horizontally we attempt to shame or coerce the other to change their ways.
God knows the solution to the problem before it ever exists. Our responsibility is to ask God for help to solve the problem and to rely on Him for the outcome. The minute we take on the responsibility, God quietly stands by to let us experience failure until we decide to seek Him for the answer.
One of the best examples of the contrast between a vertical and horizontal dimension in scripture is that of King Saul and David (see 1 Samuel 25). King Saul thought the way to preserve his kingdom was to kill David. While in pursuit of him there were several occasions when David had the opportunity to kill Saul, but David chose to wait upon God's timing and await his own deliverance because he understood authority. David had such respect for those who had been put in authority by God over him that he would not take matters into his own hands.
Saul represents the exact opposite of this principle. He thought David was the problem and sought to get rid of him through force. As a result, he lost his kingdom because he chose to rule horizontally instead of vertically under God's rule in his life.
No matter what problem you face today, stay vertical with God.

Two days in a row God has used these emails and lead me to read them as I usually only check the email account they go to a couple of times a week and don't always get to reading these emails. Maybe I need to read them daily. :)